3701-18-25
Fees for the state-administered test.

(A)
A registration fee or fees shall
accompany the registration form submitted under rule
3701-18-24 of the Administrative
Code for one or both components of the state-administered test. The fee shall
be paid in a form other than cash or a personal check, made payable to the
director's designee in the applicable amount or amounts specified by this rule.

(1)
The
examination component in writing, either at a test center or a long-term care
facility, the fee is twenty-four dollars; and

(2)
To take the examination component orally
at either site, the fee is thirty-four dollars.

(C)
Except as specified in paragraph (F) of
this rule, to take the performance demonstration component at a test center or
a long-term care facility, the fee is seventy-six dollars.

(D)
To take the examination or performance
demonstration component of the test in a foreign language, as provided by
paragraphs (C) and (D) of rule
3701-18-22 of the Administrative
Code, the fee shall be the applicable amount specified by paragraph (B) or (C)
of this rule plus an interpreter assistance fee of no more than fifty dollars
per registrant, unless the facility provides an interpreter who agrees to
follow testing protocol and signs all affidavits regarding security.

(E)
Neither the director nor the director's
designee shall impose on a nurse aide any charge for participating in the test.
The fee for registering to take a component of the test shall be paid by the
long-term care facility or other person or government entity employing the
registrant as a nurse aide. If a registrant is not a nurse aide as defined in
rule 3701-18-01 of the Administrative
Code, the director or the director's designee may charge the registration fee
to the registrant.

(F)
A
registrant may reschedule to take the test one time without charge provided he
or she notifies the director's designee at least five work days before he or
she is scheduled to take the test.